Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,834 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Maykel Galindo (1981- )
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John W. Rogers (1958- )
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(1864) Arnold Bertonneau, “Every Man Should Stand Equal Before the Law”
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Nashville Streetcar Boycott (1905-1907)

Explore Global African History

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Al-Shabaab (2006- )
Peter Jackson boxer 1889
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Peter Jackson (1861-1901)
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Leone Jacovacci (1902–1983)
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Jazz in Occupied China: Black Jazzmen at the Japanese Prison Camp in Weihsien, China during World War II

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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“The Yellow Rose of Texas”: The Ironic Origins of a Popular Song
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From Slave to Litigant: African Americans in Court in the Post-Civil War South
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Roman Slavery and the Question of Race
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What Can I Do with A Black Studies Major? Five Hundred Answers Provided by Robert Fikes, Jr.

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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